Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-10

rhIIosapher aud Mal.er Cir.


He was stout. Of medium height
about % years old. rudy face, gray
eyes. iron-gray hair and chin whisker.
and with Il prominent nose. upon the
extreme tip of which was balanced Q
pair of steel-rimmed eyeglasses. through
which he peered at the bin Of fare.
She, the waitress. was slight anC
fragile; her face was pale, her hait
flaxen, her eyes light blue, her voice SO
low that it seemed rs if it We're modu.
lated so that the sound of it should not
startle its owner, her manner timid anc
shrinking; a creature to be petted. anC
one whom it seemed that sudden gus
of wind would blow away or harsh
word kill. She was not the typical
pert, saucy, smart. unstable waiter
girl.
She glided silently up TO the table
and laid the writer's cheek upon 1t as
noiselessly as Il cat
Him." said the philosopher, study
ing the bill of fare, do you suppose
-
But the girl was off like flash before
he could complete the sentence.
Him." eruntcd he, ''she doesn't
s'pose nothin'."
BY this time the girl had glided back
TO the table again.
do you s'pose the potted pigeons
ready?"
Il don't know, but I'll see." was
the answer, and she was off again like
shot.
Well. hold oni s'posin' you wait
and get the rest Of my ORDER"
Bat the girl was in the kitchen in.
yestigating the potted pigeon business
long before he had drawled out his hall
angry command
In a second almost the bunch OF
nerves was back again. There was
just the slightest suspicion OF color in
her face, her under lip was trembling
imperceptibly. the light blue eye had
taken on Il irtle darker hue rs though
q rain-cloud had passed over its sur
face, and her tone was even vet lower
than before These ctianges might have
been due 10 the hurried manner in
which she did everything, and they
might have been caused bY the pbioso-
piers remark.
Perhaps the philosopher saw these
things too, for he said IN a kinder tont
after the girl had said that the pigeon
was all ready: Well give me some
potted pigeon, cup er eoliee, and er corn
cake with it.
There" said he. addressing III,
writer, that's just like II woman. OF
she flies. the mint YOU ask her 10 Do
anything for her Yer might just q
well put or two-year-Glv col ia q pas.
ture and tell him 10 Tome - Yer He'v
be off all over the nrli ia. II second
kickln up his heels and yer couiin'
ketch him at all
Its Just SO with u Young woman
When a man goes ter work ia public
place he understands that lies waE.
Garner. But gin. wnea aae omes in.
to place like this, she sooa cts pre-
ferences, and pre!ereaccs means ad.
mirers and admirers means lovers. and
n lover means Il husband.
"And so She acts All ther time us if
she were saying: I'm an amatoor; /
ain Il perleshona.; this is only step
pin stone; amt dom this ter earn
my Twin It's just like dog, cat,
and a mouse.
Yer take a Skye tarrier and say ter
him, Here, I've rot q mouse for YER
and he'll grab il quick as q flash, and
yer can't stop him. Bul yer let cat
have or mouse under a chair and 10 try
in TO git at H.. and yer ONE up and try
TO poke the mouso on, ro0 nader Their
chair for her, and Lore! oil she goes
and hides in Il hayniow IA yer nabur' 5
barn.